Allothereua lesueurii (Lucas,1840)



Allothereua lesueurii (Lucas,1840)

Original description: Lucas H. (1840). Arachnides, Myriapodes et Thysanoures. - In: Webb P.B., Berhelot S. (eds.), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Entomologie, II, 2e partie - Dumeril, Paris, 119 pp., 7+1 tt., see p. 538.

Order: Scutigeromorpha

Family: Scutigeridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scutigera Lamarck, 1801

Type locality: Nouvelle Hollande

Synonym(s):

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Chamberlin R.V. (1920). The Myriopoda of the Australian region - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 64: 1-269, see p. 80.

Distribution:

-- within Australasia: Queensland

Notes: The exact generic appurtenance of Scutigera lesueurii is uncertain. Chamberlin (1920) referred to it as “Allothereua?”